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| Type: |
Vickers |
Armament: |
105mm |
| Built: |
2007 |
Armor: |
14mm |
| Builder: |
Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos |
Rating: |
40/2 |
| Status: |
Operational |
Battles: |
0 |
| Owner: |
Harry Kane |
Points Earned: |
0 |
| Call Sign: |
Unknown |
Points Given: |
0 |
| Notes: |
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Door Hinge TracksLow-Profile Marker Assembly
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This is a 1:6 scale 105 mm gun on a captured Vickers Tankette. The hull is
built entirely from aluminum plates, cut on hydro-jet and welded together.
After an adventurous career and a number of modifications, first as a TKS
Polish Tankette and then as a Japanese tankette with the wrong suspensions. |
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The hull was designed with a 3D modeling tool to play with different configurations. |
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Overall the weight is 19 -20 kgrs without the marker . Full weight is 23 kgrs. As the contact surface of the track is wider than it is long, she skids very easily. This is a swift, nifty vehicle, that runs 7.5 kms/hour on rough terrain. The wheels are steel wheels from trolleys and the tracks made of successive hinges. These are engaged on pins through teh drive wheels. After a year's week after week runs and battles everything holds very nicely. |
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She now carries on the front an extra battery for the cooling fans and 10 Amph lipo batteries, for lack of space.
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The upper hull is from 1 mm thick aluminum sheets, riveted and glued
together. All in all the thin aluminium plates save me lots of space inside the small hull.
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This part hosts Doug's LOPPEM system with a VL Brawler marker.
LOPPEM stands for Low Profile Electronic Marker and it is only 13 - 13.5 cms
tall , including the hopper or feeding tray, depending on the model. It has
proven a reliable system, elevated by a servo with a toqrue of 15 kgr/cm,
and tested on rough terrains.
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The Tankette usually wins most battles, except when she's operated by
me. She's a small and swift target, about the size of a Tiger's turret, with a 105 mm gun on it!.
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